Courting Trouble
e day that had started well had ended
elf. She had even hoped to make a new name for herself.
ity to slip back into the halls of Society. However, after the e
yes, she
and she could not make up her mind whether she was
uation, had it been someone else. Then, Malisha was sure that the situatio
in tormenting her? The answers evaded her, but cer
s she pulled at her hair
of the morning at that?" She grumbled to herself even as she w
the time to admire the scenery. To bask in the glory that nature provided, but the same view now seemed like it
ly, waving their branches at the mid-morning sun. In the distance, the silhouette of a gr
n her earlie
inish the beauty of any of it. Not of the city. Nor that of th
posed to have made it to the annex there, but thanks to him and his endless shenanigans,
t, and Malisha found herself frownin
hought back to the group of ladies that had gathered a
e still bore in mind that the man had been anything but kind
come distraction that served her overt escapism rather well. For that was who she was in a nutshell. Malisha was a person
rlwind soon to be unleashed upon the Veterum grapevine. It w
elf. She reflected on them if only to keep h
n get?" Despite everything, her principles were a thing that still mattered to her, an
images from that morning, Malisha shook her h
evident on her face from all the mental incursion. Yet, she still found herself wondering, "what will I do now? Is there even a way to salvage a situation wrecked be
re was no way to avoid the fallout, and this time, it was going to be a s
e red-clad foot connected with yet another stone. The pebble flew lo
ging along with her a barefoot and a single red shoe w
r great mood that morning. It also made sense the number of loose rocks t
but with the unfortunate turn of her morning, she was also
ng against you?"
more, the mischief that coated the t
already hard enough without adding this breed
speaking?" She perked up as she
never grasp things is simply amazing. Putting yourself up to all these silliness, what se
ppened that morning seemed to be all geared at p
erself conscientiously, but it seemed like a
look at a yourself in a mirror. Not just at your reflection, but wel
dead meat Malisha!" It suddenly cackled, and for a second, her heart seemed to stop. Her form stilled even as she ceased walking
he had even managed to put aside her memories, her conscience. The little devil was
itions as she finally succumbed to the panic. A panic that had been e